Management

Donald K. Carroll
President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Carroll has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 20, 2008 and our Senior Vice President of Marketing from January 2008 until May 20, 2008. Mr. Carroll has 20 years of marketing and product development experience. From March 2006 until January 2008, Mr. Carroll was Managing Partner of Vector2Group LLC, a Dallas-based firm providing management consulting services to the retail industry. From July 1998 to February 2006, Mr. Carroll held various marketing and general management related positions at RadioShack Corporation, a consumer electronics specialty retailer, including the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Brand Officer from January 2005 to February 2006. From 2003 until January 2005, Mr. Carroll served as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and before that Senior Vice President Marketing, at RadioShack Corporation where he led an integrated marketing unit managing product and promotion strategy. Mr. Carroll has a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and a Bachelor of Science in Geography from Texas State.

William D. Albers
Vice President, Sourcing

Mr. Albers has served as our Vice President—Sourcing since December 2006. Mr. Albers has over 24 years of experience in sourcing, manufacturing, and technologies development in the footwear industry. Before joining us, Mr. Albers was Director of Development at Pony International from June 2004 to December 2006 and Director of Development for Nautica Footwear from 2002 through 2006. From May 2001 through July 2002, Mr. Albers served as West Coast Sales Manager for Polymer Dynamics, Inc. From June 1999 through May 2001, Mr. Albers served as Senior Development Manager of Soft Goods Accessories at Specialized Bicycle Components. Mr. Albers has a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education from George Mason University.

John W. O'Neil
Vice President, International

Mr. O'Neil has served as our Vice President—International since July 2007. Mr. O'Neil joined us from Dunham Bootmakers, a division of New Balance AS Inc., where he served as International Business Manager since 2005. In that role, Mr. O'Neil established business operations in Eastern Europe, Israel, Japan and Australia/New Zealand. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. O'Neil held the position of Regional General Manager at New Balance where he managed 3 subsidiaries and 18 distributors throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. O'Neil also spent 14 years at Converse, Inc., now a division of Nike, Inc. and served in various senior capacities including Regional Director for the United Kingdom and emerging markets and Director, International Marketing & Operations. Mr. O'Neil received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Tuft University and a Master of Business Administration from American International College.